Poeta quadrinotata

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Poeta quadrinotata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Poeta
Species:
P. quadrinotata
Binomial name
Poeta quadrinotata
Walker, 1865
Synonyms
  • Hypogramma quadrinotataWalker, 1865

Poeta quadrinotata is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Francis Walker in 1865. [1] It is found in Sri Lanka, [2] Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.

Its body is blackish brown with white fasciations. Fasciation is not punctate and consists of white edging on each side of fine, irregular, dark fasciae. The margin of the forewing has a central black spot. [3]

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References

  1. "Species Details: Poeta quadrinotata Walker, 1865". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 via Academia.
  3. "Poeta quadrinotata Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.